Otto - or Up with Dead People
A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is trying to finish "Up with Dead People," the epic political- porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that there is a wallet in his back pocket that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember a few details, including memories of his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.
Source: 58. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Otto
- Medea Yarn
- Hella Bent
- Maximilian
- Adolf
- Rudolf
- Taxifahrer
- Ottos Vater
- Junger Mann
- Mann mit Hut
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Set design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Audio mixing
Casting
Music
Cast
- Otto
- Medea Yarn
- Hella Bent
- Maximilian
- Adolf
- Rudolf
- Taxifahrer
- Ottos Vater
- Junger Mann
- Mann mit Hut
- Frau mit Burka
- Fritz Fritze
- Alte Frau
- Alter Mann
- Zombie
Production company
in co-production with
Co-Producer
Unit production manager
Original distributor
Uraufführung (US): 19.01.2008, Park City, Sundance Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 12.02.2008, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 11.09.2008
Titles
- Originaltitel (CA) Otto - or Up with Dead People
Versions
Original
Uraufführung (US): 19.01.2008, Park City, Sundance Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 12.02.2008, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 11.09.2008